What a difference a day makes! After 3 weeks of beautiful weather which at times became a little too hot (as those on the Alentejo walk will verify)overnight the sun disappeared to be replaced by cloulds and heavy, heavy rain showers - leaving the country with a very autumnal air. Ironically for those who have come on holiday over this Easter period the weather in most instances is warmer and drier back home in the north of Europe.
Still the rain will revive the flowers which were starting to go beyond their best and everything does now look greener which is no bad thing.
On one of the walks a couple of weeks ago I saw a very large moth on the ground, now really moths are not my thing but this was big (the photo does not do it justice)and I have since identified it as the Giant Peacock moth, Europes largest moth - what a find!